civilization and wilderness is seen in this following quote‚ “ Thou and I‚ Hester‚ never did…’ ‘ Never‚ never!... What we did had a consecration of its own. We felt it so! We said so to each other! Hast thou forgotten it?” (183). When Hester and Dimmesdale meet each other in the forest‚ they turn into happy love birds‚ but if they where in town they probably would have not even acknowledged each others presence. Also‚ Hester’s cottage is located on the outskirts of town. By placing her cottage at
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To Dimmesdale‚ admitting one’s sin to the public is less painful than letting his own conscience eats him inside out. Beginning a devoted Puritan‚ Dimmesdale followed Hester’s request of concealing the secret even though it was killing him‚ for he believes that is the will of God. He views his suffering as God’s punishments for
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Section I: Significance of Title: The Scarlet Letter. In the story‚ Hester Prime Committed Adultry‚ and her punishment was that she had to go through out her life for 7 years wearing a shinny scarlet red A. The book could be considered a Metaphor because the scarlet letter was Hester’s symbol of punishment. It was a way for the townspeople to judge Hester literally and figuratively as a woman‚ when it is clearly shown that the townspeople were no better (if not much worse) than Hester. You
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executions‚ whippings‚ and public humiliations. In the case of Hester Prynne‚ her punishment for conceiving her daughter Pearl was to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest. Hester violated the Puritan law of premarital sex‚ with the young reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. This criminal activity violated the sexual and social norms of the seventeenth century‚ one of which was the sexual norm of waiting until after marriage to have sex.
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or indirectly feeling bad for not committing something that one has no control over . Regardless of which feeling of guilt‚ each person has experienced this feeling at one point of a their life. One can attribute this feeling to what Reverend Dimmesdale‚ member to the Puritan society‚ felt in The Scarlet Letter when he directly committed adultery with Hester Prynne. Dimmsdale considered himself the “deepest man of guilt” after going against his teachings of quintessential Puritan behavior‚ and
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experience social freedom. However‚ these men did not have the same compassion or love for their children as the women did‚ seen with the character of Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale even admits at one point‚ that he is not good with children stating “they often show distrust” and “I have even been afraid of little Pearl” (Hawthorne 140). Dimmesdale may be a good minister and a respected man in the community‚ but he is not even able to communicate with
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Living in Guilt Charity Ryan Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is tormented by his sin‚ leading to his inevitable death. Hester Prynne must live with the retributions of her adultery every day of her life‚ Pearl being a constant reminder. Even Chillingworth disintegrates under the power of his own sin‚ that of revenge. It seems Hawthorne is trying to make a point in his novel; that it is impossible to escape the consequences of your actions (especially in Puritan
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led from the town prison with her infant daughter. She was being punished for adultery. While waiting for her husband Hester had an affair with the priest‚ Dimmesdale and gave birth to a baby. The missing husband called himself Chillingworth settled in Boston at that time and decided to take revenge. Later‚ Chillingworth found out that Dimmesdale was the secret lover of her wife. Driven by hatred‚ Chillingworth became Dimmedale friend to torture him. Dimmedale himself also suffered from the censure
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others pain as long as they were hers and hers alone. However‚ Hester’s secrets harmed many more people‚ including her lover Dimmesdale and her husband Chillingworth. Her secrets hurt Dimmesdale the most. When she shared that her husband was Chillingworth‚ he seemed almost heartbroken at the fact that she would hide such an important piece of information from him. Dimmesdale was also hurt in many ways when she withheld the identity of the father of Pearl from the community‚ such as harming himself
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He wanted revenge because Dimmesdale and Hester were lovers. Chillingworth and Hester were once married but sadly Hester cheated on Chillingworth with Dimmesdale. This is the reason that both Hester and Dimmesdale had “A”s on them‚ it was a repercussion of their sin. Chillingworth seeked revenge on Dimmesdale because of what they had done. It became his obsession to get revenge on them for what they did to him for‚ making him look like a fool. However‚ when Dimmesdale died‚ Chillingworth really
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